Pole unloader



May 19, 1931. CQA. JQRDAN ET AL.

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POLE UNLOADER Filed Jan. 11, l195o 2 Sheets-sheet 2 Fatented May 19,1931 firl STES

iseae'iz rfi-arent POLE 'UNLOADER Application filed January 11, 1936.Seriai No. 420,138.

rlie invention is for a safety pole binder and unloader.

The objects of the invention arez.

First: To provide a means whereby poles may be unloaded from a flat carwith saiety to the workmen.

Second: To provide a means as above described, which can be anchored inthe stake pockets of a fiat car, while the retaining 0 stakes are inplace with the load.

Third: To provide means as above described whereby the load can be heldin pla-ce on the car while the bond wires andties are out and the stakeson the unloading side of i5 the car removed.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a stan-dard 30 railroad flat car,showing our invention in pla-ce, and easing oif a load of poles.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of an empty fiat car with the invention inplace after unloading the poles.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the car with the poles eased down andready for removing from the car.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the invention.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a car load of poles before applying thedevice for unloading the poles.

In the accompanying drawings, similar reference characters are usedtodesignate similar parts throughout the several views.

Reference character v1 indicates a flat car as used in railroadtransportation and provided with a multiplicity of stake pocketsdisposed along each side of the car 1, inv

5G which stakes 3 are usually disposed for retaining the poles 4 on thecar while being transported. n Bond wires 5 or similar means are used tobind two oppositely disposed stakes and prevent spreading of the stakesby the load of poles.

rEhe parts so far enumerated are not a part of the invention.

The invention consists of a pivotal anchor member indicated as anentirety 6, and a stake indicated as an. entire-ty 7. The 6e anchormember 6 comprises a leg 8 adapted to slidably fit into the stakepocket-s 2, an aperture 9 being` provided to receive a pin 10 below thelower edge of the pocket 2 to prevent the anchor member lifting out ofthe 65 pocket during operation. j

v A shoulder 11 is provided to seat on the top edge of pockets 2. Y

The upper end of anchor member is of forked construction as indicatedand is pro- `70 vided with apertures l2 and 13 in cheeks 141-,

and 15, said apertures adapted to receive pins 16.

Stake 7 is provided with two 'apertures 17 adapted to register withapertures 13 and 12 y7K5 in lmember 6,-the member 18 being adapted tofreely iit between cheeks` 15 and 14. Idember 1S is indicated ashaving'the end 19 thereofiitted into a pipe 20, and retained by means ofbolts or rivets 2l. This part could readily 80 be producedby flatteningthe endof pipe 20 to produce at the end thereof a flat portion tocorrespond to part 18. At the opposite end of member 7, a clevis 22isprovided, being hingedly related to the pipe 20 at 23. 85

The operation of the device is as follows: The device is used in pairs,not less than two pair being used to unload a car. With a car of polesas indicated in Fig. 5 spotted at the unloading location, the members 6are placed 90 in diametrically opposite pockets adjacent the ends ofthel car, in which no stakes are installed, it being customary'to onlyprovide about six stakes on each side of the load while there areusually 13 pockets onthe side of a 95 car. Poles over 40 foot length areusually loaded on two cars. Therefore, it will usually be found thatremoval of stakes will not be necessary for installation of the device.

` After placing the anchor members G in '3.05

pockets 2, pins l are inserted in apertures 9, thus locking the membersin the pockets.

Members 7 are hingedly connected at 13 with pins 1G, on both sides ofthe car, raised to a vertical position alongside the load, and anotherpin 1G inserted through apertures l2 and 17, thus locking` members T ina vertical position. Ordinary block Aind tackle consisting of sheaveblocks and 2G and a rope 27 are attached to the clevises 22 onoppositely disposed stakes 7, the sheave block 25 on the unloading sideof the car preferably being attached to the clevis by a short length ofrope 2S.' The whip 29 is drawn 'tight and held after removal of pinsfrom aperture 12-17 from all stakes on the unloading` side of the car.Bond wires 5 are cut andstakes 3 removed from the unloading side, theload of poles being retained in position by means of members 7 and blockand tackle 2?. Vhips 29 are gradually slacked away, allowing the load togradually ease away as indicated first in Fig. l, to the position asindicated in Fig, 3. Block and tackle 27 is then removed, after whichthe poles are unloaded from the car.

A constant source of danger exists in present methods, where the bondwires are out and the stakes cut away, the Workmen depending mainly onagility for protection when the load starts. This danger is entirelyobviated by my method.

It will be noted that various changes may be resorted to in the generalarrangement and construction of the device, and parts, without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof as set forth in the foregoing decription and asdefined in the following claims,

Vtherefore, we do not limit ourselves to the exact arrangement of saidparts or to the details of construction as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

We claim:

1. A pole unloader comprising an anchor member having a yoke formed atone end, the opposite end being adapted to fit into the stake pocket ofa car, a stake member hingedly connected in said yoke, a locking pin,and aligning apertures in said yoke and said stake adapted to receivesaid locking pin.

2. A pole unloader comprising an anchor member having a yoke formed atone end, the opposite end being adapted to fit into the stake pocket ofa car, a stake member pivotally mounted in said yoke, a locking pin,aligning apertures in said anchor member and said stake member spacedfrom the pivotal pointand adapted to receive said locking` pin, and aclevis pivotally connected to' the opposite end of said stake member.

SQA pole unloader comprising an anchor member having a yoke formed atone end, the opposite end being adapted to fit into the stake pocket ofVa car, a stake member pivotally mounted ink said yoke, a locking pin,

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CLARENCE A. JORDAN. CHESTER C. CCCN.

